Bloomberg: Trump Making Big Cuts At National Security Council After Whistleblower Complaint

President Donald Trump reportedly plans to slash his National Security Council in wake of a bombshell whistleblower complaint about his call with the president of Ukraine.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1254013

“A couple of unnamed sources told Bloomberg Trump was making the cuts for the sake of efficiency and as a part of O’Brien’s transition into his new role following the departure of John Bolton.”

Were they laughed at when they said this?

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Being the kind of person Trump is not going after NOW does not protect you from being the kind of person Trump will be going after in the future.

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My bet is that “loyalty” will be the factor to decide who stays and who leaves. This move will certainly shrink the list of suspects in a coverup.

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Combover Caligula lashes out…again.
Predictable as a morning dump…and right on schedule.

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And grow the list of those willing to blow whistles.

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Let us take a few minutes to wait for Lindsey Graham, Trump’s favorite champion bichon frise, to stop humping Fat Ass’s leg and give his view about how shocked he would be if a Democrat like crooked Adam Schiff or power-mad Nancy Pelosi did this and endangered our entire national security apparatus. And let us not forget Bill Clinton’s blowjob, which moved the nuclear clock to 15 seconds to midnight!!!

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This just isn’t f_ckin’ funny anymore - not that it ever was. It was merely a coping mechanism. Impeach now!

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I can almost see Jim Acosta saying, “Yeah, right! And I’ve got a date with Charlize Theron tonight!”

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Trump is mentally ill
Barr and Moscow McConnell are not.

History will hold them accountable for this. Without them, Trump would be in In-patient Treatment.

OT Those damned business suits. They hide evils too great to contemplate.

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Once again, Trump places his personal pleasure and pique ahead of the national interest.

This is going to seriously damage our national security at a particularly dangerous time.

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"I never thought that the Leopards would eat my face!"

https://www.reddit.com/r/leopardsatemyface

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When does this whole situation devolve into a scene from the script of “Downfall” where he is sending out fantastical directives from a bunker under Mar a Lago to a handful of aides who pretend to do his bidding?

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Great, so Trump will be even less informed about things than he currently isn’t…

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If Stalin wore a business suit, would Western History have cut him more slack?

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Caligula might be insulted by that association.

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The world has been doing its thing while we here have been consumed by impeachment stuff: Russia’s still attacking Ukraine; there are the Hong Kong protests; the fighting in Somalia proceeds apace; North Korea and Iran are still, respectively, North Korea-ing and Iran-ing; unless Britain avoids a hard Brexit, that’s going to create plenty of tensions throughout Europe . . . and, oh yes: Mexico and Central America aren’t exactly steady as they go, either.

Not that Trump ever listens to advisors who tell him things he doesn’t want to hear, but cutting the NSC staff is the definition of “ill-advised.”

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Republicans are weak on defense. The lives of our sons and daughters are at risk.

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This will not budge Trumpers, but it will grab the suburban folks who voted for Trump the first time.

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